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Angie4b1g

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Are you self-conscious about your body? Do you dress to hide perceived flaws, or are you proud of it? Or do you just not care?

I'm the last part. I wear what I want. If it is super hot, I will run in my jog bra. Loose skin from losing 90 pounds and all. If you don't like it, too bad! :giggle

I do mostly try to conceal my stomach, but if times are tough, comfort first.
 
yes, I'm self conscience, but not to the point of completely covering and not being willing to be seen. I won't wear shorts (my legs are still tree trunks with cellulite) but I'll wear capri length workout pants and I'll now wear tighter fitting tank tops to work out. When I first started it had to be mens tshirts in XL to cover my butt and everything.

In regular clothes, I try to dress appropriately, maybe not hiding flaws, but not accentuating them either!
 
I'm a hider. I know it's stupid and I should be more okay with myself, but I've always struggled with it. Even when I was super skinny, I always preferred to cover up more and wear looser clothes. Now I'm thinking if I had the body of my college self I would celebrate it more and I'm sure I'll say that about myself at this age in 20 more years too...
 
Very much so. I think as kids and teenagers we aren't the nicest people, and I became self conscious. I don't think I "hide," myself in clothes. I wear all kinds - shorts, t-shirts, jeans, fitted shirts/loose shirts. I will wear and be comfortable in my bathing suit, but mainly cause they fit well - bra sized and skirts, lol! I have to wear what is comfortable to me. If I am comfortable, I struggle less. If I am not, I am always side focused on me, and have a worry day sort of thing.

I will not wear a hat, and 90% of the time when I go out, I've got some makeup on. lol. When I was in college, a friends mom was looking at pictures and asked who the boy was... it was me in a hat with no makeup on.
 
I'm definitely a hider, especially when it comes to my mid-section. I wear a lot of dark shirts- navy, black, purple. I love colors, but every time I put on a color other than dark, I take it off and go to the ol' stand by.
 
It totally depends on my mood and how I feel about myself. Some days I feel great and don't care about wearing a bikini and other days I feel like a garbage bag wouldn't do the trick... ugh. We are always our own worst critic.
 
I am more so as I get older and gravity is starting to take effect in some areas. Not so much about clothes, but bathing suits. Clothes I wear most anything, but I'm not love what I see in a bikini much anymore. I do have days where I just don't care and throw it on anyway :)
 
very self conscience - esp around the middle and my upper arms always get covered, unless it is really hot...
 
I'm ok with my clothes. It's just my bathing suit I don't like to wear.
 
I have always been self-conscious, but not just about clothing... pretty much in general. I had a very warped body image as a kid (I was super skinny, but always thought I was fat), and while it's not really all that warped anymore, I still try to hide my middle. As a kid, I would wear clothes that were ridiculously too big for me. I'm still known to buy tshirts in a size bigger so they aren't clingy around my belly. Of course, then they don't really fit anywhere else...
 
I wear what I want to wear, when I want to wear, and how I want to wear!

And that's includes wearing tops to conceal the 'love handles' that have creeped into my sides and the 'muffin top' that I have no idea who in the H E double L named it that! So there! I'm a lil' bit of both. :)
 
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Im definatelt a hider. Even if I look good in something Ill go change into jeans and a hoodie. Simply because I still feel like im 20 pounds heavier. Im very short so Im not supposed to be very heavy, and Im not anymore. But I feel like I am. So I only wear what I want when im at home.
 
I'm very self conscious. That's why I love fall and winter clothes because I love to hide as much as I can.
 
Yes, I am very self-conscious. I should be more confident, but sometimes I just feel so ick about myself. I rarely wear shorts and I really try to hide my flaws.
 
I am a self-conscious HIDER!!!! The looser clothing the better ... nobody needs to see this body :giggle
 
My horrible part is stomach too but it's from having 3 large babies so suppose I should be proud,I'm not so much a hider but there is no way I'd wear a bikini in this country but saying that it isn't hot enough here too lol,but I do abroad just get a tshirt on when I get up off sun bed
 
I'm a hider. I wear large shirts and make sure my middle is hidden well. I have 3 kids and I'm proud of my mommy scars I just don't think I need to show it all off to everyone else. I'm not fat, but not fit either(yet) and I am super self conscious of the softer parts of my body. kwim
 
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